Articles & Publications

Articles & Publications

My columns, opinion pieces and academic publications on cybersecurity, hacking and artificial intelligence.

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Echoes of Cyberwar — Antonio Fernandes, cybersecurity expert, on El Español Prensa
El Español

Echoes of Cyberwar

Summary

In my El Español column I start with an ordinary day on which you get to work and can't access anything: no email, no customers, no accounts. I point out that NIS2 proposes fines of 10 million euros or 2% of turnover, for executives too, and that pro-Russian groups such as NoName057(16) have long been attacking public bodies and companies in Galicia, while Z Pentest Alliance disrupts factories and water plants. A war 4,000 kilometres away can leave us without a business.

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New Year's Cyber Resolutions — Antonio Fernandes, cybersecurity expert, on El Español Prensa
El Español

New Year's Cyber Resolutions

Summary

I play the grinch a little in my El Español column: online fraud will remain the second most reported crime, with fake job offers on WhatsApp, crypto schemes on Instagram and texts impersonating banks, even fake charities after the DANA floods. My resolutions for the year: common sense, distrust anything that sounds odd, call INCIBE's 017 helpline when in doubt, and pay only through secure platforms such as prepaid virtual cards.

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